Polish brewer Tomek Porowski knew he was taking a gamble when he opened his business in 2011. In a country obsessed with pure, strong vodka, he decided to produce, a light, sweet, low-alcohol beverage — apple cider. “I couldn’t afford to start a winery, so I decided instead to start [making] cider,” Porowski told TIME. With his friend,...

The latest Swedish data on world battle-deaths (through 2014) add to the evidence of a serious reversal of the decades-long trend toward fewer and smaller wars. From fewer than 25,000 battle-deaths in 2011, the total has jumped to nearly 40,000 in 2012, 70,000 in 2013, and more than 100,000 in 2014. The world has moved from a historic interlude...

Peace talks between the warring sides in the conflict in eastern Ukraine broke up after six hours August 3 amid reports they failed to secure progress on a planned buffer zone. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Jared M. FeldschreiberANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 3 (UPI) — About 200 groups from various countries attended the second annual World Congress of Crimean Tatars in Ankara, Turkey over the weekend. …read more Source: United Press...

Ukraine Salvation Committee presidential candidate Vladimir Oleinik said Monday the current government should be blamed for losing Crimea to Russia. Oleinik, accompanied by former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov, told a press conference Crimea left Ukraine because it sensed war was imminent. …read more Source: International Business...

Ukrainian spooks have released a report that alleges that Russia and the rebels it backs in eastern Ukraine are trying to build a “dirty bomb.” According to the report, they are using the spent nuclear material stored under a Soviet-era chemical factory near the frontline of the conflict between Kiev’s forces and the rebels to make the...

Economies are incentive driven, and the current incentives in America are driving more and more business owners to cut American workers in favor of cheaper hires in Asia, eastern Europe, and elsewhere. I know this because I’m one of them: I own media business that’s content driven, and most of our tech operations are offshore. This...